It Takes a Lot To Know a Man – Damien Rice – letras

It takes a lot to know a manIt takes a lot to understandThe Warrior, the sageThe little boy enragedIt takes a lot to know a womanA lot to understand what’s hummingThe honeybee, the stingThe liltte girl with wingsIt takes a lot to give, to ask for helpTo be yourself, to know and love what you live withIt takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feelThe slow reveal of what another body needsIt takes a lot to know a manA lot to know, to understandThe father and the sonThe hunter and the gunIt takes a lot to know a womanA lot to comprehend what’s comingThe mother and the childThe muse and the beguiledIt takes a lot to give, to ask for helpTo be yourself, to know and love what you live withIt takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feelThe slow reveal of what another body needsWhat are you so afraid to lose?What it is you’re thinking that will happen if you do?So afraidWhat are you so afraid to lose?What are you so afraid to lose?What it is you’re thinking that will happen if you do? »You wrote to me to tell me you’re nervous and you’re sorryCrying like a baby, saying this thing is killing me »How to know? You know I careHow to know? You know I careHow to know? You know I care